Debbie Reynolds Net Worth

Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds net worth is$85 Million

Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds Wiki/Biography

American actress Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds was born on 1st April 1932, in El Paso, Texas, of English and Scottish-Irish descent. She was recognized as a consistent actress who received a number of nominations as well as won National Board of Review, American Comedy, Satellite and other prestigious awards. In addition, she was a talented singer and dancer. Reynolds was active in the entertainment industry from 1948 until her passing in 2016.

So just how rich was Debbie Reynolds? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that her net worth was as high as $85 million, the main source being her acting, though she added sums as a singer and dancer too.

Debbie Reynolds Net Worth $85 Million

Debbie’s early life was relatively poor – the family moved to Southern California, and she matriculated from Burbank High School, where she won the 1948 Miss Burbank beauty contest. She was subsequently signed by Warner Bros, and her career began on the big screen the same year, when she appeared in the film “June Bride”. She soon received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award as the New Star of the Year for her role in the film “Three Little Words”, and then starred in the legendary musical comedy “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1952 with Gene Kelly and directed by Stanley Donen; this musical had a modest start, but grew into one of the most recognized musicals worldwide. Further reputable nominations for Academy and Golden Globe Awards followed (all for Best Actress) for her roles in “Bundle of Joy” in 1956, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” in 1964 and “The Debbie Reynolds Show” in 1970. She appeared in popular cinema as well as television productions, and was loved by audiences. What is more, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy by American Comedy Awards twice, in 1996 and 1997. Her role in the feature film “Mother” in 1997 brought her a Satellite Award, and other well evaluated appearances were landed in “A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story”, “In & Out” and “Will & Grace” both in 2000. Latterly, she has received a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2014 to honour all the achievements of her life. All of these roles and award achievements considerably assisted the rise in Debbie’s net worth.

Debbie Reynolds was known as a great singer, too – she recorded a very popular duet entitled “Aba Daba Honeymoon” in 1950 alongside Carleton Carpenter, which became one of the most popular hits of that time. More, her song “Tammy” in 1957 received gold certification which also increased her net worth. Her album “Debbie” released in 1959 reflected her intellectual sense of music, and attention to the listener. Other successful songs recorded by Reynolds were “A Very Special Love” and “Am I That Easy to Forget” .

Talking about family life, Debbie Reynolds was married three times, all ending in divorce. From 1955 to 1959 she was married to actor and singer Eddie Fisher – their daughter Carrie Fisher was a famous actress, who died a day before her mother – and son Todd Fisher an actor, director and producer. From 1960 to 1973, her husband was Harry Karl. Her third marriage with Richard Hamlett lasted for 12 years, from 1984 to 1996. Debbie Reynolds passed away in December 2016 in Los Angeles, apparently wanting to be with her daughter.

[on the announcement that daughter Carrie Fisher is in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)] She's very excited about it . . . she's been on a diet ever since, because you know they have to be up to par, so she looks terrific, she's lost 40 pounds.

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[on Carrie Fisher] People used to call her "Debbie Reynolds' daughter," now they call me "Princess Leia's mother!"

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I only had radio growing up, so I loved going to the movies. I always had a thing for a fairy-tale ending.

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[on the death of Tony Curtis] Nobody had a better time than Tony. He loved the ladies. He loved art. He loved this business more than anything. He was a great looking guy, handsome. We were all very close friends when we were young, a long, long time ago. But he had a wonderful life. He had a full life. He was a great, marvellous actor.

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I do 20 minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

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Daddy had got us rooms in a motel until he could find us a house. There were not a lot of places available for a young family on our budget. Daddy went around to dozens of places. Nobody wanted kids. Finally, he found one in the hills south of Glendale. As usual, the landlady asked if he had kids. "Yep,' he replied. "A boy and a girl". "Well, whatta you going to do about them?" she wanted to know, implying that she didn't allow children. "I'm gonna take 'em out and drown them in the Los Angeles River, and come back tomorrow". That was my father--ask a silly question and just wait. She must have had the same sense of humor--we moved in the next day.

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[asked what her favorite film is] I think one of my favorite films is Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And . . . maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

She has English, some Scottish and German, and distant French, ancestry.

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She reconciled with old nemesis Elizabeth Taylor to work on the made-for-TV movie These Old Broads (2001), written by Debbie's daughter, Carrie Fisher, with Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins. Debbie and Taylor were friends until the late 1950s when Debbie's then-husband, Eddie Fisher, began having an affair with Liz, then left Debbie and married Taylor. When they began working on "These Old Broads" together, Taylor told Debbie, "I owe you a lot". Debbie said, "I just got a lump in my throat when she said that".

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In the process of relocating her museum to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. A new Hollywood Motion Picture Museum is being constructed there by Debbie and her children Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher. It opened in April 2005. [July 2004]

She dedicated the Holland-America Line cruise ship the MS Veendam. [January 1996]

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In 1964 she went into the hospital business, purchasing Oceanside Hospital in Oceanside, CA, for $1,000,000 with plans to turn it into a profitable business venture.

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Her father entered her in a beauty pageant once when she was very young. She wore a bathing suit that her mother had mended that morning and a pair of her sister's high heels.

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Close friends with Hugh O'Brian. Serenaded O'Brien and his bride, Virginia, at their wedding on June 25, 2006.

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Although she wanted to be in show business, the Reynolds' family church, the Nazarene, forbade acting. However, Reynolds' father saw her talent and gave his support, seeing it as a means of paying her college costs. Her mother then gave her support knowing that there would be no "evil" going on in her movies. She mother knew her daughter had talent, but didn't understand why it was happening to her own daughter.

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Her first appearance on Will & Grace (1998) was in the episode entitled "The Unsinkable Mommy Adler", a play on the title of the movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She played both title roles.

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President of The Thalians, an organization for the treatment of mental health at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. Ruta Lee is the chairman. Both have been actively involved in building this celebrity run organization for over 30 years.

In 1969 she followed Doris Day and some of her contemporaries in launching a sitcom bearing her name. When the debut episode included an advertisement for cigarettes, a direct violation of one of her contractual stipulations, she made such a fuss about it that NBC ended up canceling the series.

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Is a Majority Member in California.

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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6654 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 13, 1997.

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Had planned to go into the education field (teaching physical education) before she won the Miss Burbank contest.

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Was a member of the International Order of Job's Daughters. Is a past honored Queen of Bethel No. 97, Burbank, California.

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In one of her guest appearances on Will & Grace (1998), she enters a room humming a bit of "Good Morning", which was a song she sang in her most famous musical, Singin' in the Rain (1952).

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Made her Broadway debut in 1973 in the revival of "Irene". Although the reviews for the show itself were mixed, hers were all raves and she wound up with a Tony Award nomination the following year for Best Actress in a Musical. The production ultimately ran some 20 months. In 1976, she appeared in a one-woman, short-run (10 days - 14 performances) review named "Debbie!" at the Minskoff Theatre. Her only other Broadway appearance to date came when she succeeded Lauren Bacall in "Woman of the Year" in 1983.

At one particularly low point in her career, she confessed to literally living in her car, a Cadillac.

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Considers herself a "movie-oholic" and has an extensive collection of memorabilia, with over 4,000 costumes from the silent screen period to the 1970s. She has been known to gather posters from her collection of 3,000 and drive to homes of actor pals for autographs. In the 1990s she turned her collection into a Las Vegas movie museum, but had to shut it down in 1997 because of financial problems. Recently she has looked into the possibility of opening up a hall of fame museum in Hollywood near Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

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In 1975 she sold the Beverly Hills mansion she had lived in with Harry Karl. The house was reputed to be worth over $1,000,000. The buyer was Jim Randall, an industrialist who made aircraft rivets. When he married Marisa Berenson, the wedding was held in the redecorated home and his best man was his friend George Hamilton.

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She made her first appearance at the Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show on April 6th and 7th, 2002, at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn in North Hollywood, California.

Won the 1948 Miss Burbank contest and was offered a screen test by Warner Bros. the day after her win. She initially entered the contest because everyone who entered received a silk scarf, blouse and free lunch.

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In 1984, with friends like Shelley Winters and Terry Moore, she made a rather restrained exercise video for "women of a certain age".

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She appeared as Dan's mother, fresh out of the mental ward, during an episode of the sitcom Roseanne (1988). When she later appeared on Roseanne Barr's talk show, she revealed that during the filming of that episode, while she and Roseanne were wrestling in the back yard, Roseanne, quite unknowingly, accidentally broke one of her ribs.